He fell down the stairs!!!!

So I drive to my moms everyday to pick up DS1 off the bus. I have to take the kids I babysit with me because they don't get picked up until after he gets out of school. Well today my stepdad was home and he came out to the van and told me to get Chaz out so he could spend some time with him. Stepdad took him inside while I stayed outside with the other kids. After about 15 minutes my mommy intuition kicked in, I felt really strange and immediately thought of Chaz, so I went in to check on him real quick (kids were buckled into carseats in the driveway and I left the door open so I could hear them just in case). Well, I get in the door and see that my stepdad is messing with the TV. I walk over towards him and realize that Chaz isn't in the room with him. I ask, "Where is Chaz?" and he says, "In the other room on his rocking horse." As I turn around to walk into the other room I'm just in time to see my little baby boy hit the bottom of the stairs FACE FIRST!!!! And he didn't land on carpet! He landed on tile that's laid over concrete! My poor little baby has a huge bump on his right brow and his right eye is all bruised. I was shaking so bad, the way he landed I was sure he'd broken his arm, busted his head open, and possibly broken his neck! I couldn't even speak to my stepdad for 20 minutes for fear I would say something I'd regret later. He felt really bad, but that really isn't a consolation to me. How do you leave a 1 year old alone when there is a flight of stairs he can get to??? I'm so glad there was nothing seriously wrong, but it took everything in me not to ball my eyes out with him, I haven't been that scared in YEARS!

So I drive to my moms everyday to pick up DS1 off the bus. I have to take the kids I babysit with me because they don't get picked up until after he gets out of school. Well today my stepdad was home and he came out to the van and told me to get Chaz out so he could spend some time with him. Stepdad took him inside while I stayed outside with the other kids. After about 15 minutes my mommy intuition kicked in, I felt really strange and immediately thought of Chaz, so I went in to check on him real quick (kids were buckled into carseats in the driveway and I left the door open so I could hear them just in case). Well, I get in the door and see that my stepdad is messing with the TV. I walk over towards him and realize that Chaz isn't in the room with him. I ask, "Where is Chaz?" and he says, "In the other room on his rocking horse." As I turn around to walk into the other room I'm just in time to see my little baby boy hit the bottom of the stairs FACE FIRST!!!! And he didn't land on carpet! He landed on tile that's laid over concrete! My poor little baby has a huge bump on his right brow and his right eye is all bruised. I was shaking so bad, the way he landed I was sure he'd broken his arm, busted his head open, and possibly broken his neck! I couldn't even speak to my stepdad for 20 minutes for fear I would say something I'd regret later. He felt really bad, but that really isn't a consolation to me. How do you leave a 1 year old alone when there is a flight of stairs he can get to??? I'm so glad there was nothing seriously wrong, but it took everything in me not to ball my eyes out with him, I haven't been that scared in YEARS!

How is Chaz doing? Any change in behavior or appetite? Did he fall down the entire flight of stairs? I'd take him to see the doctor just in case, but I'm one of those that calls the doctor all the time for everything.

Wow, you are a stronger woman than me. I would have laid into him.

How is Chaz doing? Any change in behavior or appetite? Did he fall down the entire flight of stairs? I'd take him to see the doctor just in case, but I'm one of those that calls the doctor all the time for everything.

Thanks all. Chaz isn't behaving any differently so that's good. The swelling went down a lot over night, and it's not bruising up as bad as I thought it would.

I have no clue how far down he fell. I was in the hallway that runs perpendicular to the stairs and its a straight wall, so I could only see the first two steps. I didn't hear him hit any stairs, so I'm thinking he was on the third step, heard me come in the house, and tried to come down the stairs by stepping down. When he stepped down he had to have lost his balance.

I couldn't bring myself to really go off on stepdad because I know my, and I'm sure he got absolutely no sleep last night from thinking about it. He beats himself up over everything.

Thanks all. Chaz isn't behaving any differently so that's good. The swelling went down a lot over night, and it's not bruising up as bad as I thought it would.

I have no clue how far down he fell. I was in the hallway that runs perpendicular to the stairs and its a straight wall, so I could only see the first two steps. I didn't hear him hit any stairs, so I'm thinking he was on the third step, heard me come in the house, and tried to come down the stairs by stepping down. When he stepped down he had to have lost his balance.

I couldn't bring myself to really go off on stepdad because I know my, and I'm sure he got absolutely no sleep last night from thinking about it. He beats himself up over everything.

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